The Weeknd (a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye) has not only forever changed popular music, but he has also altered the course of culture as one of the best-selling artists in the world and a generational superstar without comparison. Beyond sales in excess of 75 million-plus records worldwide, he has garnered four GRAMMY® Awards, two Guinness World Records, one Latin GRAMMY® Award, 20 Billboard Music Awards, and six American Music Awards in addition to receiving nominations for an Academy® Award and a Primetime EMMY® Award. His catalog spans a staggering seven RIAA Diamond-certified singles, including the history-making “Blinding Lights.” The latter remains “the most-streamed song in Spotify history,” “the best-performing song in Billboard Hot 100 history,” and “the longest-charting song by a solo artist in Billboard Hot 100 history.” He notably emerged as “the first artist to concurrently occupy the top three spots on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart.” Dominating streaming, he has consistently thrived with “the highest monthly listener count on Spotify,” becoming the first artist to exceed 100 million monthly listeners on the platform as well. Meanwhile, he notched four #1 debuts on the Billboard 200. As a stadium-filling force of nature, he has attracted millions of fans to shows across five continents, yielding over a half-billion dollars in revenue to date. Speaking to his ubiquity, he appeared on-screen in critically acclaimed films such as Uncut Gems, co-created an HBO series The Idol, and even lent his voice to The Simpsons as well as curating and launching his very own Halloween Horror Nights experience at Universal Studios Hollywood—The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy.
Simultaneously, he eternally endeavors to improve the world around him. He actively fights food insecurity as the United Nations World Food Programme’s Global Goodwill Ambassador. Not to mention, he has made donations in excess of $9 million total to alleviate hunger in Ethiopia and Gaza.
However, he breaks boundaries and sets the pace for the future again with his 2024 sixth full-length album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. To accompany the record, he proudly presents a musically-fueled psychological thriller of the same name in theaters everywhere. Produced by his own film and television company Manic Phase, distributed by Lionsgate, and directed by Trey Edward Shults, Hurry Up Tomorrow co-stars The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega, and Barry Keoghan.
Now, Hurry Up Tomorrow marks the beginning of what promises to be his most iconoclastic, iconic, and inimitable era yet.
